Economic Indicators for South and Central Asia


Book Description

This report is a key resource for understanding the dynamic trade and production linkages of South and Central Asian economies to support data-driven policy making and implementation. It updates a 2018 publication and explores a wider range of statistical and analytical indicators on Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The tables and indicators presented are derived from the Multi-Regional Input–Output database maintained by the Asian Development Bank. Two companion volumes focus on East Asia, and Southeast Asia and the Pacific.




Economic Indicators for Southeastern Asia and the Pacific


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This publication presents data visualization of economic statistics from Southeastern Asia and the Pacific relevant for the analysis of cross-border production arrangements at the local, regional, and global levels. Two companion publications focus on South and Central Asia, and Eastern Asia. The statistics were computed from the Asian Development Bank's multiregional input–output database, which serves the increasing demand for structured, relevant, timely, and accurate data, especially with the onset of various economic research projects on global value chains. Supply and use tables and input–output tables in these publications address the emerging need for more systematic and comprehensive approaches in data management, economic analysis, and policy research for national economies around the world.




Economic Indicators for Southeast Asia and the Pacific


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This report is a key resource for understanding the dynamic trade and production linkages of economies in Southeast Asia and the Pacific to support data-driven policy making and implementation. It updates a 2018 publication and explores a wider range of statistical and analytical indicators on Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam. The tables and indicators presented are derived from the Multi-Regional Input– Output database maintained by the Asian Development Bank. Two companion volumes focus on East Asia, and South and Central Asia.




Economic Indicators for East Asia


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This report is a key resource for understanding the dynamic trade and production linkages of East Asian economies to support data-driven policy making and implementation. It updates a 2018 publication and explores a wider range of statistical and analytical indicators on the People’s Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Japan; Mongolia; the Republic of Korea; and Taipei,China. The tables and indicators presented are derived from the Multi-Regional Input–Output database maintained by the Asian Development Bank. Two companion volumes focus on South and Central Asia, and Southeast Asia and the Pacific.




Regional Integration and Economic Development in South Asia


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South Asian leaders have made it a priority to tackle key regional issues such as poverty, environment degradation, trade and investment barriers and food insecurity, among others.







Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India 2021 Reallocating Resources for Digitalisation


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The 2021 edition of the Outlook addresses reallocation of resources to digitalisation in response to COVID-19, with special focuses on health, education and Industry 4.0. During the COVID-19 crisis, digitalisation has proved critical to ensuring the continuity of essential services.




Foreign Direct Investment in South Asia


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During the 1990s, the governments of South Asian countries acted as ‘facilitators’ to attract FDI. As a result, the inflow of FDI increased. However, to become an attractive FDI destination as China, Singapore, or Brazil, South Asia has to improve the local conditions of doing business. This book, based on research that blends theory, empirical evidence, and policy, asks and attempts to answer a few core questions relevant to FDI policy in South Asian countries: Which major reforms have succeeded? What are the factors that influence FDI inflows? What has been the impact of FDI on macroeconomic performance? Which policy priorities/reforms needed to boost FDI are pending? These questions and answers should interest policy makers, academics, and all those interested in FDI in the South Asian region and in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.




Central Asia Atlas of Natural Resources


Book Description

This atlas brings together a wealth of information related to living and nonliving natural resources in the five countries of Central Asia---Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It contains an array of maps based on geographic information systems and remote sensing images, numerous photographs, tabulations of important data, and extensive descriptive text that together illustrate and describe the region's bountiful natural resources, its diversity of peoples, and their progress toward sustainable development. Highlights include geographic and climatic features; environmental, economic, and social profiles; energy, minerals, and water resources; ecoregions and ecosystems; major fauna and flora; agriculture and fisheries; peoples and cultural traditions; and economic and social statistics.




Meeting Asia's Infrastructure Needs


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Infrastructure is essential for development. This report presents a snapshot of the current condition of developing Asia's infrastructure---defined here as transport, power, telecommunications, and water supply and sanitation. It examines how much the region has been investing in infrastructure and what will likely be needed through 2030. Finally, it analyzes the financial and institutional challenges that will shape future infrastructure investment and development.




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